WEED, The Official Thread

[digitaldeath]

do you ship?

Narc

[buttahflake]

Slow yer roll, guy.
No way any of that happens, let's bet a hundo zipp on it.

[digitaldeath]

No knock raid buddd

Start packing

[Chugachjed]

Definitely indica because a no knock raid is going to leave you locked up.

[Zeedashbo]

Definitely an indica.

[Zeedashbo]

[Bobby Stainless]

Nice!

[TBS]

Frosty!

[digitaldeath]

not a bad strain name, son. So, Indica or Sativa? U choose
12 weeks from now and we could be trimmed & packed

Indica of course

[Bobby Stainless]

If it's trimmed, cured and packed in 12 weeks, it's gonna have to be an indica.

[jackstraw]

I see what you did there. Crafty.

I hope I'm wrong, but I will be shocked if there is a single recreational cannabis shop operating in this country by November 1, 2017. I'm fully expecting to see mandatory minimum sentencing come back in a lot of states too.

And I really don't think medical cannabis operations are as protected as TBS would like to think they are. The raids are coming, whether it is to shut down dispensaries, or they'll just use those handy registries of medical consumers to come knock on your door and arrest you personally. It will take decades to regain the ground we are about to lose on the legalization front.

The people have spoken, and the sad reality is that many in this country think alcohol is perfectly safe, but that cannabis is the devil's lettuce and serves no purpose beyond encouraging white women to have carnal relations with minorities. Regardless of what the polls say, there is much less support for legalization as it currently exists in Colorado and OR/WA than many people think. I have had many conversations, including some with people who smoke, have family that do, and I often hear "it's fine if it's legal over there, but we can't be having that here, the kids will use it, it will become too potent, these concentrates aren't safe, etc."

I hope I'm wrong, but I'm taking an "expect the worst and you won't be disappointed" approach.

Well if history has taught us anything, you will be correct. How many DEA raids on MMJ in Cali have there been over the years even under the Obama administration? To say Sessions won't have time I think is a reach unfortunately. That fucktard only has to give a quick thumbs up to the DEA to enforce federal laws and the local cops will be drooling to do whatever they can to disrupt any and all maryjane operations...even if the charges don't stick.

This is not going to be a good ride. If it was all on the up and up, I would feel better, but these guys are above the law.

[Dantheman]

The other thing to remember is that Trump is a vengeful motherfucker, and all the rec legal states didn't go his way. I wouldn't bet against him seeking retribution.

[wyeaster]

i would say all bets are off at this point. nobody should be surprised if these idiots start cracking down on cannabis or political opponents.

[NoPostholio]

Well if history has taught us anything, you will be correct. How many DEA raids on MMJ in Cali have there been over the years even under the Obama administration? To say Sessions won't have time I think is a reach unfortunately. That fucktard only has to give a quick thumbs up to the DEA to enforce federal laws and the local cops will be drooling to do whatever they can to disrupt any and all maryjane operations...even if the charges don't stick.

This is not going to be a good ride. If it was all on the up and up, I would feel better, but these guys are above the law.

The flip side of this is an article I read this wknd - will try and link it.
Basically they could enforce and bust balls however they want, but the hitch is that they cannot undo the legal vote of each state. So they clamp down and net result would be a wild west grey market that they can in no way enforce.
No tax money for towns or states and ten times the problems.
Question is, how dumb are they?

WA well on its way to 1 billion a year in sales. WHAT ABOUT THE BABIES!!!

http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/11/2...numbers/67985/

[digitaldeath]

fascists are very dumb

they only care about exercising authority

[TBS]

Keep in mind that Peter Theil has a large stake in Privateer Holdings
http://www.privateerholdings.com/

[digitaldeath]

fuck peter thiel

he is a simpleton

he cant even write a simple essay



send me a 10 pack beer drinker you fookin baller

[TBS]

Maybe he's a moron, but he's a big donor to Trump! And he's heavily invested in Cannabis

[NoPostholio]

Keep Sheldon Adelson away from Jeff Sessions ear - check out his reefer madness ad ran for massholes on the fence about legal mj. SAVE THE BABIES!!!

https://youtu.be/bjtmo2M3Exw

[Chugachjed]

Not all the rec legal states went clinton. AK went trump.

[NoPostholio]

Maybe J Session (does he know that he is named after an mj imbibing endeavor?) was not the worst choice - what world do these fuckheads live in?
This is another problem with ME and MA as their governors are just as dumb as Christie

This was today btw -

But even if legal pot could match the gas tax revenue, Christie said he wouldn't change his mind.

"There is nothing we spend in government that is important enough to allow me to willfully poison our children. That's blood money," Christie said. "You're damn right I am the only impediment. I'm going remain to be the only impediment until January 18, 2018," his last day in office.

"Every study shows marijuana is a gateway drug. And every study shows it causes damage."

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf...y_christi.html

[splat]

Holy shit. I can't believe this has finally happened but can believe it's gonna go nooklear.

Where Marijuana Is the Doctor’s Orders, Will Insurers Pay?

NYT
By BARRY MEIERNOV. 22, 2016

Early this year, a disabled former automobile body worker named Greg Vialpando explained to lawmakers in New Mexico how medical marijuana helped his chronic back pain.

State legislators were considering a bill backed by workers’ compensation insurers that would have exempted them from paying for medical marijuana. But Mr. Vialpando and another patient described how smoking the drug let them escape years of stupor caused by powerful prescription narcotic drugs known as opioids.

The lawmakers ended up dropping the bill, and Mr. Vialpando’s expenses for buying marijuana are covered by insurance.

“I would recommend that people use medical marijuana over opioids any day,” Mr. Vialpando, 58, said in a telephone interview.

For businesses and insurers, a string of ballot victories this month for marijuana advocates are adding to an intensifying conundrum about the drug and issues such as insurance coverage, employee drug testing and workplace safety.

Voters in California, Massachusetts, Maine and Nevada approved initiatives legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, while voters in Arkansas, Florida, Montana and North Dakota passed proposals for its medical use. In total, 28 states now permit or will soon permit medical use of marijuana while eight states have approved recreational use.

“We are entering this conflict between a social policy decision and a workplace that is highly regulated,” said Alex Swedlow, the chief executive of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute, a research organization.

A major part of the predicament centers on unclear science about the benefits of marijuana or the dozens of compounds, known as cannabinoids, that are found in the plant.

For its part, the Food and Drug Administration has approved only a synthetic version of a cannabinoid and a similar drug for narrow uses, such as to treat nausea in chemotherapy patients or to stimulate the appetites of patients with AIDS. Typically, health insurers will pay for marijuana-related drugs only for F.D.A.-approved uses.

But state medical marijuana laws usually give doctors permission to recommend marijuana to a patient with a “debilitating” condition, a phrase that can encompass problems including glaucoma, cancer and chronic pain.

Usually, patients pay for the drug themselves and several states have explicitly exempted workplace compensation insurers for covering such costs.

But as a result of recent state court rulings in New Mexico, workplace insurers there are required to pay for marijuana-based treatments if they are recommended by a doctor. And lower courts in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts and Michigan have issued rulings directing workplace insurers to do so.

The number of patients receiving such coverage is small. And because marijuana is illegal under federal law, insurers paying for the drug must use a financial workaround to avoid violations. One strategy is to reimburse patients for their costs rather than make a direct payment to a marijuana dispensary...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/bu...urers-pay.html

[jackstraw]

Christy is laughable in a sad way. To say mj is poison while he is the most unhealthy looking person in politics and in general is so hypocritical. Yes, he probably would be worse than Sessions...for the weed.

Nice to see NM progressing the initiative. I have to believe Gary Johnson has had some influence there.

[splat]

BigPharma is not going to like govt money spent on something that competes with the pills.

[Bobby Stainless]

You gonna eat that?